The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)

42nd Foot raised
1725

73rd Foot raised
1758

amalgamated to form The Black Watch
1881

Bandmasters of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

Bandmasters of the 1st Battalion The Black Watch

184?-1852 GOLDBERGH.

1852-1863 Bandmaster(s) not known.

1863-186? BADER, I. I.

1868-1877 WILSON, James.

1877-1903 SCOTT, William John.

1903-1919 MURRAY, Edward Thomas.

1919-1927 ROWE, Henry Arnold.

1927-1933 TURNER, Thomas William.

1933-1945 MAIDEN, Lionel John LRAM ARCM.

1945-1949 BARNETT, Louis Jack ARCM.

1949-1951 HICKS, Laurence Henry OBE LRAM ARCM.

1951-1959 BAKER, John Arthur LRAM ARCM.

1959-1965 BEAT, Duncan Ritchie LVO ARCM psm.

1965-1973 HOLMES, Samuel Patrick ARCM AmusTCL ALCM.

1973-1984 ROGERSON, Norman Mollart MBE ARCM A(Mus)LCM FVCM(Hons) LTCL.

1984-1985 MAYCOCK, Raymond Edward William LRAM ARCM LmusTCL LGSM psm.

1985-1992 CARLTON, Trevor.

1992-1994 PEAPLE, Ian Roger.

Bandmasters of the 2nd Battalion The Black Watch

1869-1894 BUCK, Walter Gresson.

1894-1905 JONES, Robert.

1905-1915 O'DONNELL, Percival Sylvester George MVO B Mus LRAM ARCM psm.

1915-1933 AUSTING, Harold Edgar.

1933-1938 LEWIS, Frederick George ARCM.

1938-1949 HICKS, Laurence Henry OBE LRAM ARCM.

1949-1952 Battalion disbanded

1952-1956 BABBS, Walter LRAM ARCM.